GENIUS…WOW
I waited a while to write this review because this piece of art was so spectacular, so genius, that I didn’t want to spoil it for everyone. Now that the cat is out of the bag, missing, and probably the main course at some Chinese restaurant, I can speak freely. Oh wait, did I just insult the Chinese? Am I racist? Think again libtards. I’m fully Chinese, which should give me a free pass! And yes, in parts of China (Guangdong and Guangxi), cat is the main ingredient in a traditional dish.
To fully understand the genius of Deadpool, you’ll have to somewhat fully understand the insane business world of the movie-comic book industry. As Marvel began to struggle financially, it sold the movie rights to different movie studios. Sony got Spider-Man, and 20th Century Fox got the X-Men, Fantastic Four, and – Iron Man. If you’re wondering, Fox sold the rights to Iron Man to New Line Cinema and then gave them back to Marvel in 2006.
Enter stage right – Deadpool.
This rowdy character made his name in 2016 and became an instant fan favorite even though the X-Men storyline was coming to a close. In 2017, the movie Logan was the last installment for the Wolverine, completely sealing the fate of the X-Men timeline, which left Deadpool alone in his Fox Marvel Universe in 2018.
Fans begged for Deadpool to be part of the MCU, but because Deadpool belonged to Fox – and the MCU to Disney, it didn’t look as though it was going to happen. Then, Disney bought Fox in 2019, and initially it looked as though it was the end of Deadpool! But no one thought that would happen. Deadpool had, in fact, become a franchise character, and Hugh Jackman wanted to reprise his role as Wolverine to make a Deadpool Wolverine movie.
The question was – how?
Well, let’s look at our characters first.
DEADPOOL: TYPE 3 “Achiever”
On the surface, you could easily argue that Deadpool is a Type 8 “Challenger.” After all, he’s an unapologetic killer who defies the rule of law. He is very much like the Wolverine, who is, in fact, a textbook Type 8. But if you study Deadpool’s character carefully, you will find that his first reaction to fear is not anger or violence – it’s his charm attack. And that’s genuinely why the audience loves him. He’s charming, likable, extremely funny. He just happens to be a mass murderer – that’s all.
Like all Unhealthy Type 3s, they are looking for their lives to be validated, even though deep down inside, they know they are living a lie. Politicians who are 3s hide behind titles and fake headlines. Actors hide behind PR managers and awards. Tony Stark hid behind his wealth, and Deadpool hid behind his humor.
WOLVERINE: TYPE 8 “Challenger”
Type 8s in real life are intimidating characters. They are all about power, extreme black-and-white thinking, and love a good fight. They can look like a Type 1 “Reformer” as they are justice seekers. But Type 1s fight with their mouth, Type 8s fight with their fist. Type 1s argue, Type 8s will bypass the debate and fight.
HOW TO WRITE DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE
The brilliance of Deadpool is that his character is a fictional character that exists outside of his storyline. He will often address the audience, grab the movie camera, and forward through his movie or comic book. The writers took this characteristic of Deadpool and intertwined it the MCU storyline of the TVA, and then with Disney’s purchase of 20th Century Fox.
If you realize that this script was ultimately not written around the MCU or Fox’s canon but the canon of reality (our world), then writing this script becomes fairly simple and fun—especially with these characters.
Bringing Logan back to life was honest to reality, not canon. If we’re going to stick with canon, you could argue all sorts of reasons, or excuses, why Logan could come back to life. Maybe it took a while for his body to figure out how to fight off the adverse effects of adamantium – or something else. But Deadpool, aka Marvel Jesus, did what studios would simply do. Find another Logan in another storyline, and plant him into this movie – forcefully, which is an example of lazy writing. If studio heads did this, fans would be up and arms. But since Deadpool did it…there were no protests from fans. This was just Deadpool being Deadpool. Brilliant, lazy, because Deadpool is lazy. I do think it’s cool that Deadpool jumped to every single version of Wolverine until he found the comic-book version.
Almost every story element in this movie was based on Disney’s purchase of 20th Century Fox, but it was done through Deadpool’s perspective. Deadpool’s world was dying because Disney bought out 20th Century Fox. Fox’s Marvel characters that were thrown into Fox’s real-life trash can, made cameos in The TVA Void. Even Channing Tatum’s Gambit finally made it to the screen. The background here is that Tatum worked his but off to make a Gambit movie, and when it was finally greenlit, Fox was sold, and Disney canceled the project. Even Gambit’s dialogue was written with the perspective of the drama that unfolded between Fox, Disney, and his film.
Has any movie – in the history of movie-making – been written like this? From beginning to end? I can’t name one. This is why Deadpool & Wolverine should be nominated for Best Screenplay or even Best Movie.
GRADE: A+
Steve Young
